Thalamic post-inhibitory bursting occurs in patients with organic dystonia more often than controls

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Thalamic single neuron activity in patients with dystonia: dystonia-related activity and somatic sensory reorganization.

Indirect evidence suggests that the thalamus contributes to abnormal movements occurring in patients with dystonia (dystonia patients). The present study tested the hypothesis that thalamic activity contributes to the dystonic movements that occur in such patients. During these movements, spectral analysis of electromyographic (EMG) signals in flexor and extensor muscles of the wrist and elbow ...

Do cancer patients with a poor prognosis use complementary and alternative medicine more often than others?

INTRODUCTION One reason for patients with cancer to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is that their cancer cannot be cured by conventional therapy. The aim of the present study is to explore whether use of CAM is associated with survival prognosis in long-term survivors of cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cancer patients who were alive 5 years or more after diagnosis were chosen t...

Polyphenols in foods are more complex than often thought.

Dietary polyphenols show a great diversity of structures, ranging from rather simple molecules (monomers and oligomers) to polymers. Higher-molecular-weight structures (with molecular weights of > 500) are usually designated as tannins, which refers to their ability to interact with proteins. Among them, condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins) are particularly important because of their wide dist...

Do Medicaid and Medicare Patients Sue Physicians More Often than Other Patients?

SUMMARY Fear of being sued for malpractice is often cited as one reason for the distressing trend of reduced physician participation in Medicaid and other publicly funded programs (8). Physicians in many specialties report practice changes in response to the threat of malpractice liability, including dropping services to medically " high-risk " patients. But the problem is particularly acute in...